I’m excited to announce availability of the audiobook version of my Kindle Book Award semifinalist suspense/horror short read, SEMINAR! Coming in at 1 hour and 21 minutes, it’s now available on Audible and Apple. Aaron Scott, Jr. narrated and produced SEMINAR. Aaron did a truly magnificent job voice-acti... Read More
A friend forwarded me a great Forbes article about leadership lessons you can learn by playing Dungeons & Dragons. I was quite surprised that 8.6 million people played the game in 2017, and I'm sure that its being part of a story setting in Stranger Things created some new awareness. Sadly, the full linkage to D&D in the book Ready Player On... Read More
A very interesting article. And we complain about multi-tasking... Read More
Captain James T. Kirk: "Captain's Log, stardate... Armageddon. We must find a way to defeat the alien force of hate that has taken over the Enterprise, stop the war now - or spend eternity in futile, bloody violence." Mr. Spock: Recent events would seem to be directed toward a magnification of the basic hostilities between Humans and Klin... Read More
Interesting activity going on along the Indo-China border from Reuters! "On Tuesday, a source in New Delhi, who had been briefed on the military situation on the border, said soldiers foiled a bid by a group of Chinese troops to enter Indian territory in Ladakh, near a lake called Pangong." If you want a fictional account on how this can play ... Read More
It's December! I'm behind in my holiday preparations, but at least I've raised my tree and unpacked the decorations. While doing so, I again noticed one ornament that's been in my family's Christmas inventory forever. From maybe 3rd or 4th grade (I'll have to check). What, you can't tell what it is? This is a pull-tab flower ornament, the pet... Read More
For nearly three years, I was lucky to live in Astoria, Oregon, and after a few weeks of exploring the area, I visited its beautiful maritime museum on the Columbia River. One of the exhibits caught my extra attention as I moved through the rooms: the bridge of a WW2 / Korean War vintage destroyer. "Oh, cool," I thought, remembering the hund... Read More
Fascinating story today... "In its announcement, DARPA acknowledged that an implant is still a long ways away, with breakthroughs in neuroscience, synthetic biology, low-power electronics, photonics and medical-device manufacturing needed before the device could be used. DARPA plans to recruit a diverse set of experts in an attempt to acce... Read More
